outskirts
/ (ˈaʊtˌskɜːts) /
(sometimes singular) outlying or bordering areas, districts, etc, as of a city
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How to use outskirts in a sentence
The next day, after driving to Putney on the outskirts of London, we start the end of our journey.
Artillery and mortar duels all around the outskirts of Donetsk rumble angrily every day.
By pure chance I had been posted to Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe, SHAPE, on the outskirts of Paris.
He blames Ukrainian officials for violating the ceasefire agreement and shelling the outskirts of Donetsk city.
We are sitting in a ragged park behind a McDonalds restaurant on the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital.
In the outskirts of the city, skirmishes between Spanish troops and rebels were of frequent occurrence.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanIt was one of these rebel detachments that passed the four fugitives from Cawnpore on the outskirts of Bunnee.
The Red Year | Louis TracyThe thatched roof farmhouse where he was born is still standing on the outskirts of the village.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyIt was near the town, and Sarah, who rarely went beyond the neighbouring streets, now began to take long walks into the outskirts.
Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange KiellandAnd that motor parts plant on the outskirts with its heavy back-log of defense orders that had compelled a doubling of its help.
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